GIROPA POINT, PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE ...

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Accession Number 014000
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Silk, George
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area
Date made 7 January 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

GIROPA POINT, PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. AMID SHELL TORN COCONUT TREES, A MORTAR CREW FROM D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, CROUCHES BESIDE A TANK AND FIRES ON JAPANESE TROOPS 150 YARDS AWAY WHO ARE FLEEING FROM A SMASHED PILLBOX. THEY ARE SERGEANT J. CONDON (LEFT) AND LANCE CORPORAL J. TINSLEY, WITH A 2 INCH MORTAR. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING AND HAS THE TANK NUMBER, 7, OBLITERATED BY THE CENSOR.